by Ian McMillan | Oct 23, 2023 | News
Physiotherapists are among hordes of NHS workers who had second thoughts after retiring two years ago and returned to practice 12 months later, according to figures released by NHS England today (23 October). An analysis of NHS workforce data uncovered a ‘retire...
by Ian McMillan | Oct 23, 2023 | Students
Physiotherapy students mingled with hundreds of their peers from nursing and allied health programmes at an Interprofessional Education Day held at Wrexham University last week. About 700 students flocked to the university’s Wrexham and St Asaph campuses to...
by Ian McMillan | Oct 23, 2023 | Awards
A former Paratrooper, who was paralysed in an accident, has told how he can feed himself for the first time in 17 years after being given a Jaco robotic arm. Military veteran Jon Noble is only the second person in the UK to own a JACO assistive robotic arm, which is...
by Ian McMillan | Oct 23, 2023 | Awards
Clinical lead physiotherapist Chloe Popplewell was part of a team that won the innovation and improvement award at the 2023 Chief Allied Health Professions Officer (CAHPO) Awards, details of which were announced earlier this month. Chloe and her colleagues...
by Ian McMillan | Oct 23, 2023 | Sports & Exercise
Being physically active for just 20 to 25 minutes a day may be enough to offset the heightened risk of death from a highly sedentary lifestyle, according to an article that was published online in the British Journal of Sports Medicine today (25 October). Lead...
